Introduction The HMC version 7.7.8.0 introduced a new "Current Config Sync" feature that is very, very useful. Anyone who has been working with Power Systems for long has been bitten by the fact that LPAR's saved "Profiles" and their...

Here is a quick one liner script you can copy/paste in to your HMC SSH terminal that will generate a HTML report showing all of the managed systems and LPAR's attached to the HMC and their current state. You could easily change/extend the script to...

Here is a quick HMC one line script to run a command on every VIO server attached to the HMC. It uses "viosvrcmd" which uses RMC so there is no SSH keys or anything to setup; it just works as long as RMC is working in your environment....

Version 1.2 of EZH (Easy HMC Command Line Interface) has been released. EZH is a script for the IBM HMC console to provide an alternate, easier to use, command line interface for many common commands and the goal of the project is to make the HMC command...

Re-installing a VIOS today to the latest version I hit a issue, it was that my HMC was complaining a server with the same name was already installing. The message was 'Install Virtual I/O Server Failed - <name> Error reading nimol configuration. The...

If you see the following error, then like me you might be wondering what the issue is - U nable to connect to HMC <hmc-name>. AEVCOM021E Explanation: Connection failed to the Hardware Management Console. Response: Review the explanation and try...

As part of the IBM PowerVC work I've been doing there is something extra preperation work that needs to be done, namely the update of the Hardware Management Console and VIO Server. When the code is released you will need to be at: HMC V7.7.8 or later,...

So I've done the first part of my PowerVC set-up, in this case install of the base code onto the Redhat 6.4 system I prepared. If you're not sure how to do this then I have a number of related articles that cover setting up the repositories, IBM...

Back at the end of life of the Systems Director Management Console (SDMC) - a short life - you may have caught a statement that the HMC was going to be offered as an appliance. But let me back up a bit. The SDMC - a strategic direction to...

The HMC is updated to include the following new function with the release HMC V7.8. Support for Power Enterprise Pool management. Enablement for IBM PowerVC Virtualization Center standard version for Power Systems User-defined thresholds to enable monitoring...

FLRT Lite is a quick way to check recommended levels for your Power hardware and software products. FLRT Lite currently supports the following products: Power firmware HMC AIX VIOS PowerHA SystemMirror General Parallel File System ....and much more!!! Go to...

TL;DR Use Kerberos Authentication for users and Configure KDC . If you're already using Kerberos to allow AIX hosts to authenticate users against AD, then you can import the same krb5.keytab into the HMC. You can also use the same server and realm names as...

If you aren't familiar with EZH (the Easy HMC Command Line Interface), check out the EZH project website on sourceforge It is a free, easy to install script for your HMC that provides a much better command line interface to...

OSA/SF is now available on the HMC for zBC12 (and the enhanced zEC12): OSA Advanced Facilities on the Hardware Management Console (HMC) has been enhanced to provide configuration, validation, activation, and display support exclusively for the OSA-Express5S...